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Now a little about me.
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Born, brought up & living in India.

One of the very few Indian solo backpacker women if there are any. If you are one of them, let’s meet & rock. :D

A wonderer and a wanderer .. interested in learning and enjoying new places, people and cultures through this poetic travail. Traveling is my passion, stress buster and idea of traveling is counting no. of memories, not places.

I have been to a few places around this globe (Check it, the list is fairly interesting) and yet as eager and excited to travel as a toddler taking his first step. I believe in “सैर कर दुनिया की ग़ालिब, ज़िंदगानी फिर कहाँ ….”.

A good human being and a funny, freaky creature. These are just a few of the words that describe me. :P

The main reason for bragging beating the drum writing here is to get in touch with like-minded wandering souls, and share information and interests. The more I write, the more this desire soars.
So if you like this site, do drop in with your comments  (you’ll get free chilled beer).
Otherwise, you can sponsor my next trip. Choice is absolutely yours. :D

This site will mostly be updated by me with some guest posts thrown in from time to time. If you are interested in writing here, do let me know through this contact form.

This site will be a mirror of our views and sweet & sour experiences about different aspects of traveling mostly after experiencing them. The places, the people, and the culture, in a series of experiences that makes our journey treasured and memorable.

For convenience the site has been divided in four major sections namely

1. The world – this will NOT include India, our country.
2. My India – No need to mention what it is going to contain.
3. Lovely neighbourhood – It will have places within a few hours drive from Mumbai city.
4. Aamchi Mumbai – Mumbai, my current city of domicile.

Within these four major sections, sub-sections will get added as and when places and posts increase in numbers.
Thank you for traveling to this place. Your comments will always encourage me to go further. Keep them coming.

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P.S.:- If you want to know more or contact for reasons other than what is described here, please do not hesitate to ask either through Contact or in the comment section.
Even if you don’t have a query, we like your comments. Keep them coming. :)

17 Comments »

  • Joe Nathan said:

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    # 31 July 2008 at 5:32 PM
  • manju said:

    Hi,

    Please do check on http://www.thenestcottages.com
    Would be glad to hear from you.
    Cheers !!
    Manju

    # 27 February 2010 at 4:44 PM
  • Jamais said:

    Nisha,
    I told this earlier also when we met.
    I think you are the only Indian woman doing so. In whole my life as a traveller, I have not come across any other Indian woman who travelled like you.

    warm regards,
    Jamais

    # 18 April 2010 at 4:13 PM
  • Nishant said:

    Hello Nisha! Thanx for visiting my blog! I am exploring your website and I must say that everywhere I want to go, I find you have already been there before me :)

    # 18 April 2010 at 10:54 PM
  • Nisha (author) said:

    Manju,
    I have already written to you.

    Jamais,
    Glad to have you here again ! :D How’re you doing?
    Well, I have been told this by many, many people on my recent trip abroad. But still can’t claim it myself. Ha ha…

    # 18 April 2010 at 11:04 PM
  • Nisha (author) said:

    Nishant,
    Welcome here.

    Waah ! Meri lines he chura lee aapne ? :P

    Explore & keep coming.
    BTW, as promised… the chilled beer is being couriered to you. :D

    # 18 April 2010 at 11:06 PM
  • radha said:

    nice blog Nisha. Only the page takes a while to log in… or is it just my net connection. Hope so. Will be back to browse the site totally.

    # 26 April 2010 at 10:25 PM
  • Nisha (author) said:

    Radha,
    Welcome !!
    It could be your connection since it is quite fast at my end and nobody has ever complained till now. :P

    # 26 April 2010 at 10:27 PM
  • Julia said:

    Hello Nisha,

    I just saw your post about travelling alone as an Indian woman. I have got another question: What is the safest way to travel in India for a Non-Indian woman? I was there by myself and really felt quite insecure because of the Indian men. A feeling I did not have in any other country of my oneyear-travel.

    Would be great if you could write an answer to my mail-id.

    Thanks
    Julia

    # 11 June 2010 at 8:52 PM
  • Nisha (author) said:

    Hi Julia,
    Thanks for your comment here.
    I have replied to your mail-id. But I will also write a post here to answer such queries from readers.

    Thanks once again.

    # 16 June 2010 at 9:54 PM
  • Mariellen Ward said:

    Hi Nisha,

    Thanks so much for commenting on my blog! I travel solo while I am in India, though I don’t think of myself as a back-packer. I do have a backpack, but I don’t follow the backpacking routes, hangout at the backpacking haunts or agree to the philosophy — which seems to be to try and and spend as little money as possible in the country you are visiting and spend as little time as possible with the locals. It seems to be about drinking beer with other westerners in “exotic” locations.

    I really love India and I try to learn as much as I can about the culture and spend as much time as possible with local people.

    If other western women who want to travel solo in India contact you, please refer them to my blog – I have traveled by myself in India for about a year altogether – and I have never had any problems.

    Hope to meet you on the road!

    Mariellen
    http://breathedreamgo.com/
    @breathdreamgo

    # 26 July 2010 at 5:26 PM
  • girlsguidetosurvival said:

    It is so nice to know someone else is into high time travelling. I started independently at 19, before that with school sports teams at 11. I take a back pack with sleeping bag atop and a light suitcase so I do not know if I qualify the definition. I take less travelled routes but not totally hitch hiking. It will be interesting to read more about your trips.

    Peace,

    Desi Girl

    # 27 July 2010 at 1:23 AM
  • Moin said:

    Hi Nisha,

    Just stumbled at this site and found is good. Great to hear about a female backpacker in India who is so active in blogging.

    Thanks for the ‘Turkey’ post, I am a big fan of that country, will be visiting it soon (hopefully).

    I love to be a backpacker myself (I love travelling) but too lazy else busy with my work :)

    one suggestion: Pics posted in Picasa are good but would have been better if they were of higher resolution.

    # 4 August 2010 at 3:47 PM
  • Nisha said:

    @DesiGirl,
    Welcome to this site. Sorry for replying late, I wasn’t too well.

    No, you don’t qualify as a backpacker but you are definitely a traveller. :)

    Keep coming & let’s enjoy the journey together.

    # 17 August 2010 at 1:22 AM
  • Nisha said:

    Moin,
    Welcome. It’s great to have you here too. :)

    Thanks for your comment. Travelling is a passion which can be achieved while busy with your work also.

    Regarding pics in Picasa… I have purposely reduced the resolution before uploading them. But I think they are not too bad. :)

    Thanks for your visit, keep coming.

    # 17 August 2010 at 1:23 AM
  • sowmya said:

    Hey, so glad to see another Indian woman travelling alone…Am off in couple of weeks for 1 month solo US trip. Last year did my first trip alone to Thailand. Loved it, so attempting on larger scale now.

    Lets catch up..we are a rare breed :)

    # 25 August 2010 at 4:05 PM
  • Nisha (author) said:

    Sowmya,
    Wow ! So glad to know another creature of my breed ! :P

    Sure, lets do that. :D
    And which places are you going in US?

    # 25 August 2010 at 10:45 PM

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